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View synonyms for causative
causative
[ kaw-zuh-tiv ]
adjective
- acting as a cause; producing (often followed by of ):
a causative agency; an event causative of war.
- Grammar. noting causation. The causative form of to fall is to fell. Gothic -jan is a causative suffix in fulljan “to cause to be full; to fill.”
noun
- Grammar. a word, especially a verb, noting causation, as made in He made me eat the apple.
causative
/ ˈkɔːzətɪv /
adjective
- grammar relating to a form or class of verbs, such as persuade, that express causation
- often postpositiveand foll byof producing an effect
noun
- the causative form or class of verbs
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Derived Forms
- ˈcausativeness, noun
- ˈcausatively, adverb
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Other Words From
- causa·tive·ly adverb
- causa·tive·ness causa·tivi·ty noun
- inter·causa·tive adjective
- non·causa·tive adjective
- non·causa·tive·ly adverb
- non·causa·tive·ness noun
- un·causa·tive adjective
- un·causa·tive·ly adverb
- un·causa·tive·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of causative1
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Example Sentences
To what degree these things are directly causative no one can say.
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There are other infective diseases, in which we have not yet found the causative micro-organism, but we presume its existence.
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There is always a causative shock or injury, which is followed at once or after an interval by the symptoms of neurasthenia.
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Drench is the causative of drink: here the nominative of the verb is ‘Iris’ and the object ‘beds.’
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The causative act is—a spiritual and transcendent Mystery, that passeth all understanding.
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